If not for “Heart of Glass,” Blondie might be remembered as a new wave band that merely had a cult following in the U.S. But we shouldn’t overlook the important role “Hanging on the Telephone” played ...

His tune, first recorded in 1976 by his pop band The Nerves, became a big hit for Blondie a couple years later. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Jack Lee, the singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer ...

Jack Lee—frontman of the 1970s power-pop trio the Nerves and the writer of Blondie’s colossal 1978 hit “Hanging on the Telephone”—died in Santa Monica, California, on May 26. Lee’s family and ...